Sveta Jelena

Sveta Jelena is a late medieval town near the city of Čakovec in the north Croatian region Međimurje.

Formerly a separate town is Sveta Jelena now a part of the village and the municipality Šenkovec. The place was known by the Paulist monastery complex ( with the church, chapel and accompanying side structures ) of Sveta Jelena ( German: Saint Helena ), where the members of the Croatian noble family Zrinski were buried in the 16th and 17th centuries. From the whole complex today only the chapel remains. It contains Gothic frescoes, which are attributed to an Italian master from the late 14th century.

The monastery itself was founded on August 27, 1376 by ​​the Croatian Ban Stjepan II Lacković and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and all the saints. Later, the place under the rule of noble family Zrinski, Althann and Knežević. As the Croatian- Hungarian King Joseph II of Habsburg -Lorraine on February 7, 1786 reversed the Pavlán whose members left the monastery.

Over the centuries the plant was subjected to several modifications since it was partially damaged or destroyed by fires and earthquakes or. Finally destroyed in 1880 earthquake the then remaining buildings almost completely. In the years 1990 and 1997, archaeological excavations and investigations of the site by the local Museum of Međimurje were performed. The research will continue.

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Remains of Pauline monastery and the remaining chapel

The Chapel of St.. Helena - South Side

Entrance to the chapel

South wall

Fresco